Assessment Appeals Process

The City of Mandan uses mass appraisal techniques, from time to time you may find your appraised value too high. If you have concerns your home is not valued at fair market price, your first step is to contact the assessment office for a reappraisal.

 

Informal Appraisal Review & Filing an Abatement. To appeal your assessment, call the Assessing office and ask for a reappraisal. We will send an appraiser to the property to perform a new appraisal of your home. The property owner must consent to an inspection by the City Assessing Department.

If there is a significant change in value, an abatement can be filed through the City Assessor’s office. Upon application for abatement, The City or County Auditor will send a notice of hearing to the applicant within 10 days of receipt of the application. The date of the hearing in front of the City Commission must be within 60 days of the notice of hearing. The City Commission forwards a recommendation to the County Commission, upon the county's acceptance, the County Auditor will send a final ruling notice to the owner.

You may access property information on this site through the property search. For additional information, or questions about your value, please call 701-667-3232 or e-mail our office.

 

BOARD(S) OF EQUALIZATION
Once a year the city, county and state boards of equalization meet to hear individual property tax valuation appeals.

• City - within the first 15 days of April or as otherwise determined by the City Commission
• County -  within the first 10 days of June or as otherwise determined by the County Commission, and
• State - second Tuesday in August

Property owners should give prior notice that you intend to appeal your current year’s value, so an appointment can be set up for a reappraisal, prior to the City Board of Equalization.

ND Century Code 57-13-04 General duties and powers of board
3. In equalizing individual assessments

a. If it believes an assessment to be too high, the board may reduce the assessment on any separate piece or parcel of real estate if the owner of the property has appealed such assessment to the board either by appearing personally or by a representative before the board or by mail or other communication to the board in which the property owner's reasons for asking for the reduction are made known to the board.

(1) The board does not have authority to reduce an assessment until the owner of the property has established to the satisfaction of the board that the owner of the property had first appealed the assessment to the local equalization board of the taxing district in which the property was assessed and to the county board of equalization of the county in which the property was assessed.

(2) The board does not have authority to reduce a new assessment provided for under section 57-14-08 until the owner of the property has established to the satisfaction of the board that the owner of the property had first appealed the assessment to the county board of equalization of the county in which the property was assessed.